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BBQ competition winners donate their winnings to help flood victims in NW Iowa.

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 73,422 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $37.15, down $0.78 per head from last week.

During World Pork Expo, Dave Delaney with Ever.Ag talked with Chip Flory on AgriTalk about what he’s been seeing on a daily basis in the market.

The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project noted an increase in occurrence of a novel porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus variant in December 2023 and January 2024.

African swine fever (ASF) has been detected in domestic pigs in Latvia for the first time this year. Latvia is located between Lithuania and Estonia on the Baltic Sea.

From differences within Title I of the new farm bill to possible ways both the Senate and House Ag Committee are working to find more funds, U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke one-on-one with AgriTalk this week.

Here’s some association news from Indiana and Iowa pork producers.

United Animal Health recognized the winner of the John B. Swisher Leadership Award at the World Pork Expo for his world-renowned contributions to swine nutrition and shaping industry leaders.

Iowa trucker David Schultz, whose body was found earlier this year not far from where he disappeared months earlier, died from hypothermia related to acute methamphetamine intoxication, according to a death certificate.